I have an iPhone 4s on a orange contract and have been for 7 months I would like to unlock it to put my works sim in which is on Vodafone I spoke to orange and they say they want £20 to do it! I find this totally unacceptable is there another way?
Unlocking a iPhone 4s Free
Originally Posted by satman17:
“I have an iPhone 4s on a orange contract and have been for 7 months I would like to unlock it to put my works sim in which is on Vodafone I spoke to orange and they say they want £20 to do it! I find this totally unacceptable is there another way?”
“I have an iPhone 4s on a orange contract and have been for 7 months I would like to unlock it to put my works sim in which is on Vodafone I spoke to orange and they say they want £20 to do it! I find this totally unacceptable is there another way?”
Best way is through your network. ie pay Orange.
The only official way to unlock an iPhone is to have the IMEI put onto Apple's unlocked handset master list, which only networks have access to.
The only other way to unlock it is to jailbreak the handset.
The only other way to unlock it is to jailbreak the handset.
Spend the £20 to unlock it and claim it back on your expenses , sorted
Oh wait, I find that totally unacceptable
Oh wait, I find that totally unacceptable
You bought an iPhone. Do the research. apple only care about the money. Hence why you're paying lots per month and have to pay an unlock fee
Originally Posted by jabbamk1:
“You bought an iPhone. Do the research. apple only care about the money. Hence why you're paying lots per month and have to pay an unlock fee”
“You bought an iPhone. Do the research. apple only care about the money. Hence why you're paying lots per month and have to pay an unlock fee”
This is nothing to do with apple and down to individual networks unlocking policies.
O2 will happily unlock iPhones (or indeed any other phone) bought on pay monthly for free. Orange however will charge a fee. As will 3. Can't speak for t-mobile or Vodafone
Networks can charge whatever they want to unlock the phone. Just by the fact you want to unlock, they will assume you plan on leaving them and taking your money with you so they will charge you for it.
Even if you just plan to sell the phone and get another contract with them, they will still end up subsidising your new phone so again they are more than happy to charge you.
There is no way round it, you can either pay what their asking or keep your phone locked.
Even if you just plan to sell the phone and get another contract with them, they will still end up subsidising your new phone so again they are more than happy to charge you.
There is no way round it, you can either pay what their asking or keep your phone locked.
Originally Posted by jabbamk1:
“You bought an iPhone. Do the research. apple only care about the money. Hence why you're paying lots per month and have to pay an unlock fee”
“You bought an iPhone. Do the research. apple only care about the money. Hence why you're paying lots per month and have to pay an unlock fee”
Actually, if you took your own advice and did a little research you'd have found out that Apple used to refuse to let networks charge an unlocking fee. They only stopped this because some networks were getting very whingey about it.
You would also have found out that Orange charge to unlock all handsets.
just pay the money....jailbreaking and unlocking is hard work as if you upgrade your lose the unlock and as there is no unlock for lastest iphone IOS you are stuffed 
Echoing what others have said, considering the cost of the phone should you brick it...pay the £20 and get that warm fuzzy feeling it will be ok 
Originally Posted by Roush:
“Actually, if you took your own advice and did a little research you'd have found out that Apple used to refuse to let networks charge an unlocking fee. They only stopped this because some networks were getting very whingey about it.
You would also have found out that Orange charge to unlock all handsets.”
“Actually, if you took your own advice and did a little research you'd have found out that Apple used to refuse to let networks charge an unlocking fee. They only stopped this because some networks were getting very whingey about it.
You would also have found out that Orange charge to unlock all handsets.”
Some networks charge, some don't. O2 unlocked both my current and previous models for free.
When i gave my mum my 3gs hanset which was Vodafone and my mum was on Orange They just told me to pop the orange sim in it and plug it in to itunes and do an update, It worked i remember we had to ask vodafone and wait 24 hours i think
Last edited by simonmoore : 10-09-2012 at 10:39
Last edited by simonmoore : 10-09-2012 at 10:39
Originally Posted by jabbamk1:
“You bought an iPhone. Do the research. apple only care about the money. Hence why you're paying lots per month and have to pay an unlock fee”
“You bought an iPhone. Do the research. apple only care about the money. Hence why you're paying lots per month and have to pay an unlock fee”
I remember paying Orange £20 to unlock a Nokia a few years ago (this was in the BB5 era when you couldn't use an online code generator and I don't think anyone had yet invented hardware for the market stall types to use). Before Apple had even thought of making a mobile phone.
It's nothing to do with Apple, as others have said the likes of Vodafone unlock their iPhones for free.
Out of interest, does Apple track who has what handset? Can you get Vodafone to unlock an Orange iPhone for example?
